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Polar vs SamCart

	Polar	SamCart
What it says it does	Polar is the Merchant of Record for developers building AI-era software: payments, subscriptions, and usage-based billing, with global tax handled for you.	Convert 3X higher than industry average. SamCart builds, runs, and scales your online business, AI handles the hard parts. Trusted by 75,000+ businesses.
Pricing	Starter free with 5% + 50¢ per transaction; Pro $20/mo (3.8% + 40¢); Growth $100/mo (3.6% + 35¢); Scale $400/mo (3.4% + 30¢); +1.5% for non-US cards; Stripe payout fees passed through (official)	Core $79/mo (1 seat); Pro $199/mo (10 seats, upsells, A/B testing, affiliates); Done For You custom; 25% off with yearly billing; 7-day free trial; SamPay processing 2.9% + 30¢; optional tax collection 0.50% (Core) or 0.35% (Pro) (official)
Website	https://polar.sh/	https://www.samcart.com/

Which to use

Polar wins when you want a Merchant of Record with public, simple fees for selling software and subscriptions. SamCart wins when your checkout page, order bumps and upsells matter more than having a full course platform.

Choose Polar if you sell software, SaaS subscriptions or digital products and want tax handled for you.
Choose SamCart if you sell courses, coaching or digital products and want high-converting checkout pages with upsells.

This is an editorial fit note from each vendor's public site and docs, not a sponsored ranking and not a price quote. Descriptions in the table come from those sites. Confirm current prices there. How we review tools.

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